Re: What is the best export module to latex

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 10:37 +0100, Tim Oliver Wagner wrote:
> Hello,
> I use dia to paint my diagrams for my diploma thesis. But I have a problem to 
> export dia files to a format which is perfect to include into latex-files.
>
> At the moment I tried png, jpeg and ps. PNG-format have the best quality. I 
> included this pic with \includegraphics to my latex-doc. If I choose a high 
> zoom factor to export the result is ok, but I hope to get a better result 
> with your tipps.
>
> I think tex or eps will bring the best quality. But I can't include the tex or 
> eps file to my latex-doc. How can I include this format (package??)? What are 
> the latex comands to include this kind of files?

EPS or MetaPost is likely to give the best quality, as they are
well-defined vector formats.  I always use EPS for including into LaTeX.
A typical usage is

\usepackage{graphics}

...

\begin{figure}
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{\includegraphics{schemelayout.eps}}
\caption{Layout of a compiled Scheme program}
\label{fig:schemelayout}
\end{figure}

-Lars

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